[Rebirth] Anecdote of Li Tang

Li Shimin didn't express his opinion for a long time, Yuchi Jingde couldn't sit still.He slammed the table, stood up abruptly, took off the saber at his waist, and pressed it in front of Li Shimin: "Your Highness, I, Yuchi Jingde, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but I also cherish my life. If Your Highness doesn’t make a decision, I’m afraid I won’t be able to serve His Highness anymore. Now His Majesty has decided to let me wait for King Qi’s orders. Your Highness, you know that since I rejected King Qi’s treasure last time, he has been treating me Prejudice. If I come under his command, I will only die, so I might as well go back to the mountains and forests now, and have a happy life!"

Listening to these words, Li Shimin knew better than anyone else that what Yuchi Jingde said was the truth.Most of the generals in this room had feuds with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.If they were really sent to the hands of the prince and King Qi, it would be a disaster.

Even civil servants from aristocratic families like Changsun Wuji took the lead in asking Li Shimin to make a decision early.Suddenly, whoever looked back, saw that the door was opened a crack.The general suddenly became anxious, and shouted at the door: "Who is outside?" He said, strode over, and opened the door.

Everyone was tense in their hearts, but what was surprising was that there was only one person standing outside the door, and he was Li Chengqian, who was ten years old at the time.

"Little... Xiao Shizi..." The general's voice softened, and he said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Seeing that it was the prince, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Li Shimin frowned and said, "Is it Chengqian? Let him in."

After listening to the order, everyone consciously moved out of the way, and Li Chengqian approached Li Shimin step by step from the middle.

Li Shimin didn't ask Li Chengqian what he heard, he just patted his thigh nonchalantly, and said to his son: "Chengqian, sit here."

Li Chengqian curled his lips, and said dissatisfied: "I'm already ten years old, how can I still sit on my father's lap?" Li Shimin's originally suppressed mood was amused by his words, and even the generals in the room laughed in twos and threes.

Li Shimin hugged the son in his arms tightly, and said with a light smile, "What's wrong with being ten years old? You are almost seventy years old, and you are also my son." After saying this, both father and son were stunned. And the heartache it brought was exactly the same.

What Li Chengqian thought of was the tragedy that he was too self-willed in his previous life and let his father have a white-haired man to give away a black-haired man; while what Li Shimin thought of was the murder of blood relatives that is likely to be staged next.

Looking at his growing son, Li Shimin suddenly asked a question: "Chengqian knows, what is an emperor?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "I know, the emperor is the son of heaven, the emperor's grandfather,"

Li Shimin asked again: "Does Chengqian want to be emperor in the future?"

This time, Li Chengqian paused, and after a while, he nodded: "Thought."

The contest between family affection and desire is really too cruel.In such a short moment, Li Shimin's brain seemed to explode. He even thought of his descendants, the Changsun family.

So, he found an excuse for himself, using Li Chengqian's ignorant statement to make a decision for himself.

And Li Chengqian said he wanted to be emperor.

In the blink of an eye, Li Shimin made a decision.Regardless of the outcome, supremacy must be seized by violence.Once this idea is formed in the mind, it can no longer be contained like a seed that takes root and breaks through the ground.

Li Shimin directly ordered Yuchi Jingde to immediately convey the verbal order to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were already outsiders, to discuss the big plan together.

At this time, Fang Xuanling and Yixin embarked on the journey back to their hometown first.At the moment when the carriage left Chang'an City, Fang Xuanling looked at his son who was almost shoulder to shoulder with him, and pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "Would you be reluctant to come here?"

After hesitating for a while, she still nodded.Looking at the rare drizzle outside the car window, Fang Xuanling murmured: "Don't worry, it won't be too long."

As expected, the fact was exactly as Fang Xuanling expected, as soon as the family stepped into the house, Yuchi Jingde came with the decree.Yuchi Jingde was impatient, and he was in a hurry to do anything. As soon as he saw Fang Xuanling, he repeated Li Shimin's words sullenly.Fang Xuanling was in stark contrast to him. While drinking tea slowly, he put the scrolls in the house outside to bask in the sun.

It wasn't until Yuchi Jingde finished speaking like a cannonball that Fang Xuanling tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile: "What if I don't go back with the general?"

Yuchi Jingde was taken aback, he didn't expect that he and Fang Xuanling would get such a result after spending so much time talking.Immediately, his face darkened: "I advise you not to toast or eat fine wine. King Qin has made up his mind to implement a plan this time. Now that you know about it, there is no way out. If you don't follow, When the King of Qin ascends the throne in the future, will you still have a good life?"

Fang Xuanling closed his eyes and sighed softly: "The general misunderstood me. I have served King Qin for so long. Even if I am a foreigner now, I always have the grace to know you. I don't know a word about King Qin's plan." Reveal it. It’s just that I am an official of the imperial court now, so it’s really hard for me to make suggestions for the King of Qin, and I hope the general will understand.”

Unexpectedly, just after Fang Xuanling finished saying this, Wei Chi Jingde unexpectedly pulled out the saber from his side, and the shining blade was facing Fang Xuanling.

"King Qin said, if Fang and Du don't come, then..." Yuchi Jingde finished speaking halfway, and raised his hand to wipe his neck.

Fang Xuanling looked at Daofeng in surprise, couldn't help but took two steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "King Qin... really said that?"

There was no playful look on Yuchi Jingde's face, he just said one word seriously: "Yes." Hearing this, Fang Xuanling's legs gave way and he fell down on the stool.

I don't know how long it took before he finally regained his strength, his trembling lips revealed his nervousness: "Please wait a moment, General, we must allow Fang to make some preparations..." Yuchi Jingde always admired him. Fang Xuanling's plan immediately bowed and went outside.

Until then, Xin Xin, who had been hiding behind the screen, walked out quickly.He grasped Fang Xuanling's trembling hand, and handed warm tea to him.

"Zhi'er...you heard it all?" Fang Xuanling looked at Xinxin with complicated eyes: "You have to remember...to accompany you is like accompanying a tiger." If you don't dare to stimulate his frightened heart again.

After some time, Fang Xuanling finally recovered.His wife, Lu Shi, entered the room, opened her mouth and said with a smile: "Husband, do you see who is here?"

When Fang Xuanling came back to his senses, he couldn't help showing some joy on his face: "Brother Cui, you are really a rare visitor... If my memory is correct, you are currently serving as a recorder to join the army. Well... why are you here?"

Master Cui Ren said with a smile: "Recently something happened to Qinghe Changfang, I asked for leave to express my condolences."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "So that's how it is. I think you and I are also destined to come here. If brother Cui came to visit a moment later, he wouldn't be able to see me."

Cui Renshi asked in surprise, "Why did Xuanling say that?"

"No, as soon as I arrived, a letter came from the capital urging me to go back. My trip was wasted."

Cui Renshi looked at Fang Xuanling sympathetically, and sighed softly: "Xuanling, I don't know if I should say something or not..."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Brother Cui, between you and me, you don't have to care about these empty etiquette."

Only then did Master Cui Ren straighten his face, and said seriously: "Brother, I feel that you seem to have a close relationship with the imperial court. You must know that we are a high-ranking family, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, and Fanyang Lu, which one will take it?" Isn’t he a well-known name when he goes out? What do you think he is the Li family in Longxi? It’s just that he has gained some limelight in recent years, why do you need to obey them like this?”

That's right, Master Cui Ren is the direct descendant of Boling Cui's Anpingfang.The Cui family of Boling is one of the most wealthy and powerful families, so they naturally look down on the Guanzhong family headed by the Li family of Longxi.

But if you ask, what does this have to do with Fang Xuanling, it has a lot to do with it.Isn't Fang Xuanling's only regular wife the jewel in the palm of another high-ranking family, the Fan Yang Lu family?As for Fang Xuanling himself, that was a huge bargain.When he married Lu Shi, he hadn't made a fortune yet, but because Fang Xuanling's father and Lu Shi's father were old acquaintances, and Lu Shi's father had been sick for many years, after several visits, he fell in love with Fang Xuanling Because of his talent, he betrothed his daughter to him.

This is a good thing that many people can't ask for. In that era, being able to marry a woman from an aristocratic family as Fang Xuanling was a blessing that has been cultivated for many lifetimes.Look at Fang Xuanling, isn't he already being confided in by the direct descendants of the Boling Cui family?

Although the high-ranking families at that time were all going downhill without exception, people at the time didn't see it that way, and people who married into aristocratic families were still flocking to them every year.

These high-ranking families are all self-reliant in their bones, and they are arrogant in their actions. From the bottom of their hearts, they look down on the Li family of Longxi, who is like an upstart.

That's right, this Li family refers to Li Yuan's family.

The most obvious prejudice is reflected in the matter of marriage.Led by the Cui family of Qinghe and the Cui family of Boling, they were the first to reject Princess Shang. They advocated marriages between noble families. , will be secretly laughed at.

These aristocratic families are just dreaming of Yelang's arrogant dream day in and day out, and they don't know when they will wake up from the dream.

What Cui Renshi said to Fang Xuanling just now was secretly accusing Fang Xuanling of letting others order him, losing the integrity of a hero, and losing the face of the aristocratic family.

The author has something to say: Therefore, Fang Xuanling's not taking a concubine is also related to Lu's identity╭(╯3╰)╮